The robot successfully hitchhiked across Germany, the Netherlands and Canada without incident before being trashed in Philadelphia. July 17, 2015 A car drives by hitchBot, a hitchhiking robot in Marblehead, Mass. Stephan Savoia/AP. Buy Photo.
HitchBOT, the cheerful hitchhiking robot that had made cross-country trips across Canada, the Netherlands and Germany, had intended to travel across the United States as well. Instead, it survived all of 300 miles on the
SALEM — What's the best way to break the ice with a hitchhiking robot made of a plastic bucket and sporting a face resembling a 1982 Radio Shack TRS-80 computer? Given the materials, I decided to start with simple conversation. “Hello, Hitchbot. How
HitchBOT, the cheerful hitchhiking robot that had made cross-country trips across Canada, the Netherlands and Germany, had intended to travel across the United States as well. Instead, it survived all of 300 miles on the
SALEM — What's the best way to break the ice with a hitchhiking robot made of a plastic bucket and sporting a face resembling a 1982 Radio Shack TRS-80 computer? Given the materials, I decided to start with simple conversation. “Hello, Hitchbot. How